Goldfish Care In Aquariums For Commons And Fancies.

Goldfish Care. The aim of this article is to offer general Tips an advice to goldfish hobbyists on care for your goldfish. Hopefully this article will help in understanding your fish needs, to keeping them happy and healthy.

Aquarium Equipment

For your goldfish care you will need these items, but buy these well before you get your goldfish..You may not require all these items depending on your climate. Aquarium and hood with a stand, fluorescent lights,airline tubing with an aquarium filter and air stone, a thermometer, a siphon with buckets for water changes,gravel, freshwater test kits for testing ammonia etc, seeding kit, plus plants and ornaments.

Care of Goldfish.

In knowing what to feed your fish is part of goldfish care. As they are omnivorous, given the chance they would eat almost anything given them. For comets and common goldfish the pre-packaged goldfish food, either flake or pellet type, fed twice daily, gives them a healthy diet, but only feed them what they can eat in 2 to 3 minutes, uneaten food will give problems to water quality.

Fancy

Fancy goldfish care is a lot different in terms of feeding and their requirements in an aquarium, compared to the common type goldfish. Heating is a must, temperatures of between 65 to 75 F are required, and should never fall below 50 F. Keeping common or comet goldfish with fancies will result in you losing your fancies, among various reasons for this is the different feeding habits, continually letting fancies surface feed will lead to buoyancy problems, and death. So Fancies need to be fed sinking pellets or granules. Fancies can grow large, up to 6 inches or more, so keep one fancy per 10 gallons of water in your aquarium as a rule.

Goldfish Care - Mixing Comets With Fancies.

To understand the problems that relate to trying to keep commons or comet goldfish in the same aquarium as fancies, you need to understand the requirements of each type of goldfish, one of those was the feeding of each, but it's a much wider problem than just the feeding. Comets and common goldfish are cold water fish, they in general require no heating in the tank, they are quicker in movement to the fancies, stronger, and are less likely to succumb to buoyancy problems, most of all they are likely to attack fancy's and injure or kill them. Fancies on the other hand will not survive in cold water, they need heating and can not withstand wide temperature fluctuations. Their movement is slow, and would not be able to compete for food with the common types, so for your goldfish care and health, keep commons, comets and fancies apart.

Vary The Diet.

For the health of your goldfish care must be taken in feeding them food that has been specifically made for them, on occasion you can also give them peas (remove the outer skin), also blanched green leafy vegetables. For fancies pre-soak these well so they sink, and remove any that float on the surface.

Diseases And Sickness.

Striving for good health is a priority in good goldfish care, using good practice with your fish and aquarium, disease problems will be very few. Poor house keeping of your fish and aquarium is the main cause of sickness and disease, toxics in the tank, dirty water,, over crowding, poor filtration, stress and rough handling, rapid water temperature changes, and so on, and can go on to create problems with bacteria, viruses, fungi and of course protozoa. Puting new fish into the tank can also bring disease and sickness to the rest of your fish, so its wise to quarantine new fish for a few days to make sure they are ok.Wash new plants, If you experience any problems then speak to your local pet store or vet for advice.

Ammonia And Chlorine.

Chlorine is added to most tap water, and is harmful to your fish, as part of your goldfish care a 20% water change each week is recommended, use an air stone in the tap water for 24 hours to dispel the chlorine, and then ensure the water is the same temperature as the aquarium water. Ensure the Ammonia and nitrite readings are zero, and the nitrate readings should be 10ppm ideally, or even less.